UNT Class Registration

Aimee Acosta Ryan Patrick Mozingo Savannah Shafer Gabriel Ugwelbo

Table of Contents
Advising ...................................................................................................... 3 Determining Your Major................................................................. 3 Introduction ......................................................................... 3 Exploring Majors ................................................................ 3 Making an Advising Appointment .................................................. 6 Academic Advisor Information ...................................................... 9 Determining Courses ................................................................................. 10 Choosing Courses ......................................................................... 10 Professor Evaluations ........................................................ 10 Registering For Classes: .................................................... 11 Analyze Course Load .................................................................... 18 Outline Future Classes .................................................................. 18 Finding Required Course Lists.......................................... 18

Advising
Determining Your Major
Introduction
If you have already determined your major, this chapter is unnecessary.

Exploring Majors
Determine what your preferred major is by utilizing a simple activity suggested by the Office for Exploring Majors in Undergraduate Studies. Description of the activity. Visit their website: http://exploringmajors.unt.edu/

1. Identify your interests. 1. 2. 3. 4. What do you like to do? What academics areas do you enjoy learning about? What careers interest you? What majors interest you?

2. Take the following assessments. Using the resources provided below, complete the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Strong Interest Inventory Assessment.

3. Make an appointment with the testing center.

4. Obtain and complete the Myers Briggs Test and the Strong Interest Inventory profile.

Figure 1-1 Determining Your Personality Type.

Figure 1-2 Determining a Suitable Career Based on Your Personality Type

Figure 1-3 Strong Interest Profile

Making an Advising Appointment

Ask for academic advising as early as possible. Ask about recommended classes.

1. Meet with your career counselor. Together with your guidance counselor, discuss the following points: A. Compare MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory suggested career recommendations.

Figure 1-4 Example of Popular Occupations for INFJ Personality Types

B. Cross off the occupations you dont find interesting.

C. Highlight the items of find of interest.

Figure 1-5 Example of Popular Occupations for INFJ Personality Types

D. Rank order based upon interest (no more than four) 1.) Marketer 2.) Job Analyst 3.) Sociologist 4.) Social Scientist

E. Pick the first rank ordered career.

2. Declare Your Major(s). Consult with your UNT college/school/department advising office to officially change and/or declare your major.

Academic

College of Arts and Sciences

GAB 220 940-565-2051 http://www.cas.unt.edu/advising

Advisor

College of Music

Information

CHIL 211 940-565-3860 http://music.unt.edu/advising/

College of Business
BLB 110 940-565-2110 http://cob.unt.edu/programs/undergrad/

College of Public Affairs and Community Service

CHIL 289 940-565-4115 http://pacs.unt.edu/advising

College of Education
MATT 105 940-565-2736 http://www.coe.unt.edu/student-advisingoffice/

College of Visual Arts and Design

ART 111 940-565-2216 http://art.unt.edu

College of Engineering
DP C104 940-565-4201 http://engineering.unt.edu

Mayborn School of Journalism

GAB 107 940-565-3365 http://journalism.unt.edu

College of Information
DP C232 940-565-2445 http://www.ci.unt.edu/

College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism

CHIL 385 940-565-4635 http://cmht.unt.edu/advising

Determining Courses
Choosing Courses
Make sure to go through the student handbook for your major. The best thing to do is to schedule an appointment with your advisor to determine which classes you will need to register for in advance. An advisor will be able to help you answer questions and concerns you may have. An advisor will be able to give you a sheet with the classes for your major that you will need to take. The sheet will list required courses and electives. Consult the sheet with your advisor and plan your semester.

Professor Evaluations
Use the list of required courses in order to select them on my.unt.edu. Utilize rate-myprofessor to find overall ratings of your professors before registering for your classes. Also, find fellow students who have already taken a course taught by the teacher for a personal experience you can reference when making your decision.

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Registering For Classes:

1. 2. 3.

Go to www.my.unt.edu Sign in to MyUNT with your EUID and password. When logged on, click Student Center/Register as shown below.

Figure 1-5 Selecting Student Center/Register

4.

Find and click Enroll /Add/Drop listed under Academics as shown below.

Figure 1-6 Clicking the Enroll/Add/Drop section

5.

Select the term you want to register classes for and click Continue.

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Figure 1-7 Adding Classes

6.

Select Class Search and click Search.

Figure 1-8 Example Searching for Classes

7.

Under Career make sure to scroll down and find Undergraduate or Graduate depending on your grade level.

LING Figure 1-9 Searching for classes depending on your grade level

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Type in the abbreviations for the subject of your courses in the blank next to Select Subject. If you do not know how to find the abbreviations, follow the steps below. Click on Select subject.

a.

Figure 1-10 Selecting Subject

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Find the subject by name. For example, Linguistics will be under L and the abbreviation is given as LING.

Figure 1-11 Finding the subject under majors

c.

You will return to the previous screen and the subject will be filled in, as shown below.

LING

L Figure 1-12 Searching for Open Classes Remember to make sure that the Show Open Classes Only is checked similarly to the above figure. Click the green Search button.

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10.

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Figure 1-13 Searching for Classes

11.

Select the class you want by clicking Select Class on the time you want to take the class. Note that some classes may be held as an online course.

Figure 1-14 Selecting Classes

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Click Next.

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The class will now be added to your shopping cart.

Figure 1-15 Adding Classes

14.

Click on Proceed to Step 2 of 3 in order to fully register for the class.

Figure 1-16 Classes in shopping cart

15.

Click on Finish Enrolling and register for the class.

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NOTE: A student may only finish enrolling for their courses once they have visited their advisor and have obtained an advising code and have removed all holds on their MyUNT account.

Figure 1-17 Finish enrolling for classes

16.

Complete steps 6 through 15 to register for the rest of your classes.

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Analyze Course Load

Always analyze your course load before finalizing your schedule. UNT recommends between 14 and 17 credit hours for most students. This course load recommendation is used when all of the required courses for a major are taken at UNT within the fall and spring semesters. This average of 14 to 17 credit hours is estimated to keep students on track for their expected graduation date. To ensure that your expected graduation date is concurrent with the average student, it is recommended that students take some classes during the summers. Likewise, some students find that taking some of their core classes in community college helps keep course loads lower in the spring and fall semesters. For the best way to keep on track is to design an outline for required courses. This is further described in the next section.

Outline Future Classes

When registering for classes, remember to register early so that your pre-selected classes can be taken in a timely manner. The series of steps below will help you locate your classes so that you may create a functioning outline for your college career. This outline will help you when registering for your courses before each semester and will ensure that you graduate on time, given that you have taken all of the courses with acceptable grades.

Finding Required Course Lists

1. Find a list of courses required for your major by going to: http://catalog.unt.edu/content.php?catoid=3&navoid=161

2. Once directed to the given webpage, find and select the major and minor that you wish to pursue.

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3. The given example will be given for a student pursuing Biology BA major and a French minor.

4. Once you have clicked on your major or minor, view all of the required courses and write down all course names along with their course numbers and subject abbreviations. While doing this, click on each course to view any prerequisites for the course and take note of these.

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5. While completing this transcription, find and click on General University Requirements to view which core courses are required for the university.

6. Once directed to list of core courses, choose which classes are currently of most interest to you, while still following the instructions for the required course list, and write down their course abbreviations, number, and name on the same sheet. Take note of any prerequisites.

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7. Take note of any extra requirements for specific fields you attend to apply for.

8. Use the list that you have created and generate a list similar to the one below. Note that this list is subject to changes due to modified interests or the unavailability of 21

courses. For instance, a traditional BA Biology major student will take both CHEM 1410 and BIOL 1720 during their first semester. Because CHEM 1410 becomes quickly unavailable, this student had to revise their plan and take CHEM 1410 and CHEM 1420 during the summer of 2014. The list below was made with Microsoft Excel and was color-coated to show the complex requirements of the BA Biology major coupled with a French minor. Green check marks show that the class has been registered. The green outline around the Summer 2013 semester indicates that the course has been completed. The yellow box around the Fall 2013 semester indicates that the courses are currently being taken.

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Index
Abbreviation, 16 Academics, 5, 13 Advising code, 19 Advisor, 12, 18 Appointment, 5, 12 Assessments, 5 Careers, 5 Choosing Courses, 12 Core Courses, 22 Course, 12, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 Enrolling, 18 Figure 1-1, 6 Figure 1-10, 15 Figure 1-11, 16 Figure 1-12, 16 Figure 1-14, 17 Figure 1-15, 18 Figure 1-16, 18 Figure 1-17, 19 Figure 1-2, 7 Figure 1-5, 13 Figure 1-6, 13 Figure 1-7, 14 Figure 1-8, 14 Figure 1-9, 14 Figure 1-3, 8 Graduate, 14 Holds, 19 Major, 3, 5, 10 Majors, 5 Minor, 20, 21, 23 Myers-Briggs Type, 5 Outline, 20, 23 Prerequisites, 21, 22 Professor Evaluations, 12 Register, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 Registering, 12, 20 Semester, 12, 20, 23, 24 Strong Interest Inventory, 5, 6, 8 Student Center, 13 Subject, 15, 16, 21, 23 Testing center, 5 Undergraduate, 5, 14

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